NBA Talks Collapse; More Games Likely to be Cancelled

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Oct. 21, 2011, 10:22 AM

Three days of intense negotiations between NBA owners and players ended with a bang last night, with a lawyer for the NBA players claiming the NBA "hijacked" the meeting. "We were shocked," attorney Jeffrey Kessler said. "We went in there trying to negotiate and they came in and they said you either accept 50-50 or we're done and we won't discuss anything else."

It now appears as though Commissioner David Stern's comments that his "gut" told him there wouldn't be games on Christmas Day will be true. The league has already canceled the first two weeks of the season and will almost certainly follow up with more cancellations following the latest set back…